Not yet. Module::Build is a huge pain right now because it doesn't come standard with Perl.

Passthrough Makefile.PLs and auto-installation have worked well in solving the installation issue for me.

When it ships with perl, it will be a reasonable option

It's planned to ship with 5.10 - whenever that may be ;-)

Just as an information point there were over 150 distinct distributions that used Module::Build on CPAN back in October 2003. Probably more now. So there's obviously a section of the Perl world who think it's a reasonable option now. YMMV.

All the reports I've read from authors who have switched (e.g. Mark Stosberg) say that few, if any, complaints were received.

it still irks me that it can't take the same flags (e.g. PREFIX) which we have been trying to teach to newbies without root for eons now

Yeah that is a bit of a pain. It's a swings/roundabouts situation. M::B has a much more sensible structure for installation prefixes than the baroque logic that EU::MM uses. So what's better: use PREFIX and annoy people who expect an exact match for the old behaviour, or change the name and annoy people who have to go read the docs to find out the new mechanism.

My opinion changes depending on the day of the week.

In reply to Re^3: Module::Starter, a helper for new module authors by adrianh
in thread Module::Starter, a helper for new module authors by petdance

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